"hand-carry" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: hand-carries [present, singular, third-person], hand-carrying [participle, present], hand-carried [participle, past], hand-carried [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} hand-carry (third-person singular simple present hand-carries, present participle hand-carrying, simple past and past participle hand-carried)
  1. Alternative form of handcarry Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: handcarry
    Sense id: en-hand-carry-en-verb-n1Rw0vmb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for hand-carry meaning in English (1.6kB)

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